It’s hard to see but I had added some gold paint to the concrete as I was pouring it into the glass vase I was using as a form. There was a smaller jar stuck inside the vase to make it a working vase, not just a giant hunk of decorative concrete.

It was shiny and the perfect blend on industrial concrete and a soft lovely gold. Really, it was turning out to be one of my favorite projects of all time.

And then when I tried to break the smaller jar inside of it this happened.

I rushed it. I could tell that the concrete wasn’t fully set but I was just so desperate to see the final product that I couldn’t help myself.

If It wouldn’t have cracked it would have looked like this:

I’m so in love with that it’s ridiculous.

Well until you turn it around or don’t lay down on your stomach outside just to hide the back of it.

ugh. The broken glass jar is still inside of the vase because I just couldn’t remove any more of it without destroying all of it.

I actually haven’t thrown it away yet. Hopefully I can remove the rest of the glass jar without breaking anything else. Then maybe I can find a home for it in the corner of the yard where no one will notice the broken sides.

Comments

Ahhhh, felt your pain! How many projects have I messed up because I was in a hurry!
I love the concept of this project! Especially with the gold in it, it will drum up the question of how you got the gold in there!
I hope you try it again and show us the finished project, Bobbie!

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